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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Etude Patronymique: Vitrus durissima coquit
Date Made:1894
Type:Print
Materials:Etching on thin ivory wove paper mounted on cream wove paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:mat: 19 7/8 in x 16 in; 50.4825 cm x 40.64 cm; support: 12 13/16 in x 9 7/8 in; 32.54375 cm x 25.0825 cm; sheet: 10 15/16 in x 6 7/8 in; 27.78125 cm x 17.4625 cm; image: 4 3/8 in x 3 3/16 in; 11.1125 cm x 8.09625 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Unsigned. Recto: upt. ctr., along border (in plate): VIRTUS DURISSIMA COQUIT.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.325
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This print depicts an ostrich at right facing left with left leg raised and holding a rock in its beak; pile of rocks at its feet to the left; three pyramids in the background; all in a double border.

Subjects:
Etching

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